Calendar stand or support



Sept. 23, 1924. 115mm I H. A. STACY ET AL CALENDAR STAND 0R SUPPORT 'Filed Dec. 18, 1922 sometimes HOBERT A. STACY AND GEORGE A.

'have invented certain new and use and more particularly Patented Sept. 23, lgddo D'LSEN, F CHICAGQ, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO SUCCESS CALENDAR STAND COMPANY, A FIRM CONSISTING 0F LOUIS]E F. STACY,

GEOE A. OLSEN, AND ROBERT A. STACY,

ALL 035' CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CALENDAR STAND QR $U1PPORT.

Application filed December 18, 1922. Serial I la. 607,504,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Honnn'r A. STAor and Greece A. Onsnrr, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

ful Improvements in a Calendar Stand or Sup.- port; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form, a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a calendar stand or support of that type commonly used on desks, and upon which a pack of leaves or sheets with dates imprinted thereon are adapted to be retained in book form whereby a leaf may be daily turned and data recorded thereon.

In the past, various calendar stands have beenused in which a U-shaped hinge member retained the calendar leaves. These U- shaped' members were variously attached,

by nuts and sometimes by latchthe back of the stand, and in pack of calendar leaves. it was laborious task to assemble and ing means on renewing the a tedious and disassemble the parts.

According to this invention, the U-shaped loop that forms the hinge memberior the leaves'is soconnected to the base that it may be readily moved to its operative or inoperative position for dissassembling or assembling a pack of calendar leaves, and resilient means are provided that automatically cooperate with the hinge ly retaining the same in. its difierent positions.

This invention comprises the novel structures and combinations hereinafter described pointed out and defined in the appended claim. 1

In the accompanying drawings, which il lustrate a preferred embodiment of this invention, and in which similar reference numerals refer to similar features in the diderent views: 7

Figure 1 he sectional view through the stand, showing parts in elevation.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the stand.

member for yielding Figure 3 is an end elevation of the stand in use upon a reduced scale.

In referring now be observed that the stand comprises a platform 1 provided with a supporting leg or rest 2. in the present instance the latform isillustrated as converging upwa I ly from a substantially center transverse line 3, the leg 2 being positioned beyond the center line upon what may be termed the upper part of the stand and its foot being beveled or inclined in a longitudinal direction with respect to the stand so that the stand may be supported upon the lower edge 4 of the platform land upon the inclined foot, assuming an inclined position with respect to the longitudinal axis ofthe standf The hinge or arched filing member for retaining the calendar leaves upon the stand comprises a wire rod having a transverse hinge portion 5 and a pair of spaced upwardly extending U-shaped portions 6 inte gral with thebase portion 5. The hinge portion 5 is rotatably secured upon the upper portion of the base by staples or eyes 7. The medial portion of said transverse hinge portion 5 is provided with a downward and rearwardly extending offset 8 which extends through an aperture 9 in the platform. and a resilient means in the form of a leaf spring 10 bears against the inclined odset to the drawings, it will 8 for normally holding the hinge member 1n its operative position as shown. The ends of the U-shap'ed portion 8 are adapted to normally rest in slight depressions 11 formed in the lower portion of the platform.

From theforegoing, it is apparent that the hinge member for the calendar leaves may be readily swung upwardly or rearwardlv upon the transverse portion 5 as an axis. During such movement, the inclined 03- set 8 will move in an arc and as it passes the point of dead center, the spring 10 .W'lll assist in snapping the hinge member rearwardly. in its inoperative position, the 0&- set 8 will be inclined in the opposite direction to that shown so that the thrust of the spring will yieldinglvhold the hinge memher in its inoperative position, as is obvious. it will be apparent from the simple operation of the hinge member, that a pack of leaves may readily be assembled or disassemble d res ect thereto, avoidingathe lnCOIlVGIllBIlCB an the old forms.

' e are aware that numerons details of principles We therefore do not purpose limiting the atent granted otherwise than necessitated y the prior art. e claim as our invention: x

In a calendar stand, a hinge member for the leaves, pivotally secured to the upper face of the stand and swingable in an arc labor arising from using 1, ,aee

HOBERT A, STACY. GEORGE A, OLSEN. Witnesses:

Gammon HILL, 0. HARTMANN. 

